The Hawaiian gazette., 1887-05-10

" marine had given up the chase. Now,
then, how to recapture the Conundrum was
uppermost in McBuster's mind, but how to
accomplish this desirable end was the ques-
ton. At this point McBuster came across
an " an angel in disguise" who was prowling
about. and who directed him to a telephone
hard by. McBuster was not long IN ''call-
ing up Admiral Grisley, Joe Sykes, the Act
ing General of the Forces, the Captain of the
Horse Marines, the Governor, the Deputy
Marshal and other magnates and their staffs.
Pretty soon the rattle of wheels was heard in
the distance, then the clatter of horses, fol-
lowed by the splash of footsteps in the soft
mud, some of the ''cops" actually swimming
over the deep places to be early at the fray.
The first to arrive was the gallant Grisley,
who took charge of the dock, and commenced
preparations to recapture the ship or die
in the attempt. He promptly ordered the
LONG shed removed and the coal piles to be
set back, to enable the forces to manoevre to
advantage. By this time the 'horse marines"
were on the wharf, mounted on their
chargers, followed by the police and posse
of the forces, with q gatling gun in hand
cart, while the chap who was acting as the
General Just ordered all hands to turn to-
and dig up one of these old guns and place it
in position to rake the wharf fore and aft.
This last order rather unsettled Bliff and 1,
for we and the beer boxes were right in the
wake of the old gun, and there was no tell
ing how soon they might fire the old thing
Off and what would become of Bliff and l
aud the beer? You bet, we busted mighty
quick, but where to go was the question; they
were making preparations to fire in all
directions. BY the aid of his might glass"
Admiral GrisleY discovered the belligerent
marine pacing up and down the quarterback,
and approaching cautiously he hailed the in
furiated warrior, charging him with being
drunk. and ordering him to come on shore.
He replied by telling the gallant Admiral he
lied, and calling him a darned haole, and if
he came on board that ship he would lift
him ashore on the point of the bayonet.
This rather unsettled the Admiral, for the
marine, having good gun, which would 90
off, and bayonet TO boot, had the "deadWood'
on the crowd, so he retired in good shape to
consult with the Acting Governor and the
Intelligence" of the army. The latter sug-
gested that he wait until the long shed was
removed so they could move the forces up,
and they would soon capture the ship. The
Acting General then accommodated the vessel
and hailed the marine, who was engaged in
dancing favorite hula, ordering him to
come on shore and give himself up. This
made that marine wild, and he let himself
out IN torcible English, saying: 'de all
same Admiral; me boss to-nipht no haole
man take this ship; no savee, long, The
Acting General retired in disgust, to hold
council of war. Meanwhile one of the
"eops" crawled on board forward, aud quietly
made flank movement on the marine, seiZ-
ing him from behind, when one of the live
Hest little picnics took place you could wish
to behold. 1t was nip-and-tuck until some
more cops" struggled on board, and one of
them bo,TOiced the marines gun to look at,
and none too soon, for a couple more
drunken marines, who had been keeping the
AdmlraPs bunk warm, woke up and came to
the rescue of their companion, but the gun
and bayonet pointed at them brought the
marines to terms, and they were quickly Sc
cured and placed In an ambulance and taken
to the Hotel de Crabbe, for fear they might
catch cold, and perhaps delay the departure
of the COnundrum. When the danger was
past Blif and | came from our hiding place
and congratulated the Admiral on his
strategy IN recapturing the Conundrum.
You bet" says the Admiral STRATEGY
always wins Where would the ship have
been had not the superior Intelligence of
the army and navy been called In to uuelI
this incipient mutiny?" At the conclusion
of the AdmiraPs remarks, one of the army
officers, on retiring, said, CLAW dammeo
Grisley then called for McBuster to take
charge of the Conundrum until morning,
but Mac was missing, and Bliff. volunteered
to hunt him up. Where do you think he
found him? Why, slowed away in lumber
pile hard by. He would not come out until
Bliff. assured HIM the danger was past, and
the marines all sent off to "chokey." Well.
McBuster, after some persuasion, agreed to
look out for the old hooker, provided Bliff
and | remained with him, which we finally
did, after the Admiral had left his cork
screw and the key of the magazine" We
had bully time with AlcBustel that night
FBANEUR.